Example sentences of "been seen as an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Fourth , and finally , although the process has been seen as an international trend , most studies have been too ‘ parochial ’ and ‘ logically positivist ’ , and even in Fielding 's work ( Dean et al . ,
2 In Christian thought , the family has always been seen as an essential unit in the community .
3 This will go some way towards the goal of eliminating the full-time VDU operator , which has been seen as an undesirable form of work organisation .
4 Domination of the Middle East had always been seen as an important element of British strategy since Nelson defeated Napoleon at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 ; and it remained so into the 1940s and early 1950s .
5 Not only is this seen as an important element in strengthening the drive to promote ‘ value for money ’ but it has also been seen as an important cog in the machinery of accountability to Parliament .
6 Typically sparked off by what might have been seen as an unfair arrest or an arbitrary use of police power , resistance to arrest on this scale was such an entirely , common feature of working-class life before the Great War that it constitutes the most articulate demolition of the myths of deep-rooted popular respect for law and authority in England .
7 For too long , it has seemed to us , involving the citizen in how public services should be provided has been seen as an optional extra .
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